S hook



A. STACHOFSKI.

S-HOOK. APPLICATION FILED saw. 26. 1921.

1,434,924. Patented Nov. 7, 1922.

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Patented Nev. 7, 1922.

s HOOK.

Application filed September 26, 1921.

Z '0 all "whom it may concern Be it known. that I, Arrous'r fi'inorrorskl, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the Village of Nhitla, in the Prov ince of Alberta, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in S Hooks, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in 8 hooks and the object of the invention is to devise an S hook for connecting the ends of chains thereto or for other purposes in which the links or rings applied to the S hook will be prevented from becomingdisengaged therefrom. I

My invention consists of an S hook constructed and arranged substantially as here inafter more particularly described and illustrated in. the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of an S hook constructed according to my invention showing a link of a chain about to be applied to one end thereof and illustrating the means for preventing the displacement of the link therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a similar View to Figure 1 showing the link in position at one end of the S hook, and

F ig. 3 is an elevational view taken at right angles to Figures 1 and 2.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 represents the S hook provided with the hooked ends 2. 3 is a longitudinalslot in the central portion of said 8 hook. 4c and 5 are concentric discs rotatablymounted in the slot 3 on the pivot pin 6. 7 is a slot extending inwardly from the periphery of the disc 4; and 8 is a similar slot extending inwardly from the disc 5. 9 is a link of a chain.

said slots.

Serial No. 503,173.

My device is used as follows:

The discs 4: and 5 are turned so that the slots 7 and 8 therein register one with the other and then both discs are turned so that the end link of a chain can be inserted into The discs are now turned back until the link 9 will drop into the hookshaped end 2 when they are further turned so that the slots 7 and 8 will be out of register one with the other. .7

It will be seen that in the latter position the link will be prevented from becoming disengaged from the Shook as it will en-*' gage the periphery of the discs. Such discs are sufiiciently large to enter the. slots 10 in the tips of the hook portions2.

Although I have showna link applied to one end of the S hook it will be understood that links canbe applied to each end in the manner above described.

To remove the link from the 8 hook it is merely necessary to turn the discs 4; and 5 so that the slots 7 and 8 register and then turn the discs simultaneously into such a position that the upper portion of the link can be inserted into such slots, then by turning the discs simultaneously so that the slots clear the hooked end it will be seen that the link can then be removed therefrom.

What I claim as my invention is.

In an S-hook having a longitudinal slot in the central portion thereof, and slots in the opposed tips of the ti-hook, a plurality of independent concentrically journalled discs positioned in said longitudinal slot in the central portion of the S-hook, each of said discs having a slot extending inwardly from the periphery thereof, and each of said discs entering a slot in the opposed tips of the S-hook.

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